Oakland Underfoot

2005 – EBMUD

26 March 2023

Folger Avenue at 7th Street, Berkeley

4 March 2023

1601 12th Avenue

I’ve recorded two different versions of Feeley’s mark from 1925 (here and here), and this example appears to be made with individual letters.

1 March 2023

1918 Lakeshore Avenue

Another stamp emerges in the low winter light.

25 February 2023

1415 67th Street, Berkeley

I’m still missing a few dates for Schnoor Bros. from the late 1910s.

1 February 2023

2755 E. 7th Street

It caught my eye and wouldn’t let go. It’s the only Azorean Construction Co. stamp I’ve found with a date.

20 January 2023

Ellis Street at Prince Street, Berkeley

Robert H. Hahn was a Berkeley-based cement worker. I have two of his marks from Oakland, both a peculiar crescent.